ABSTRACT
The 1990s were a decade that significantly and forever transformed the relationship between forensic document examination and U.S. courts. The cumulative decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court in Daubert, Joiner, and Kumho Tire (the Daubert trilogy) decidedly changed the way that all expert testimony is presented and considered. Dr. Moshe Kam, a professor at Drexel University, began a series of controlled studies that continue to be crucial in the admissibility of the forensic examination of handwriting. And the discipline itself, under enormous pressure to comply with changing legal requirements, would demonstrate its ability to respond and strengthen as a profession in the era of Daubert.
